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' E??G-E?TELD, S. C., JULY 10, 1867.
VOLUME X XX iii-No. 28.
M. C. BTJTLE?,
ATTORNEY AT liW,
AND . ,
Soli?itor in Equity,
TJfice, LAW RAXGE,
EDGEflELD, S. C. '
Feb 27 " .' . tf ' 9
M. L. BONHAM,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
A SD
Boiicifor iii Equity,"
EDGEFIBLB, S. C., .
ILL Practico in the Courts of this State
ano* in A?gosta, Sa, Also," ih tho United States
District and Circuit Courts for So. Ca., giving
special attootion to cases, in Bankruptcy.
April 2nd|_. 3m 14
M. W. GABY. WM. T. GABT,
GARY & GARY, j
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
AND
SOLICITORS 1? EQUITY, *
EDGEFIELD, fi. C.
Juno 25 3m 20 1
Law Notice.
THE Undersigned h?trt associated themselves
as Partnarsin the PRACTICE OF LAW for.
E lgeQeld Dil trier, under the style of ADAMS <t
LAXDRCJV.
W. W. ADAXS-. .
W. M. LAN DRUM.
Jan. S, 1SC7. tf ?
W. J. READV. JAS. T-CCLBKEATH.
HEADY & CULBKE?TH
-A-ttorneys at Law
.. Axn
SOLICITORS IN EQUITY.
EDGEFIELD, S. C.
Feb 27 * tf 9
Medical Card.
1 TTVR. T. J. TEAGUE has moved to the
mJLr Dwelling recsntly occupied by Mr. J. R.
JCarwj!e. next door below Episcopal Church.
Hefinay be found at tho Drug Store of Teague
A Carwile during the day, and at his residence
?during tho trght, when pot out on professional
business.
Having be.en engage ' ia the practice of Medi
cine, in ils various branche?, for tho last Tbirtcon
Years, he feels that he does not arrogate to hiin,
self undue merit when ho solioits a lierai share
of patronage at the hands of this community.
Jan 1 tf 1
DENTISTRY.
13il - H. PARKEBJrcspectfully announce^
that be is well prepares to execute in the best
raaaner and ' promptly all work in the business,
-and st greatly reduced figures.
Having acquainted himself with the late ines
timable improvements in the profession, and se- !
cured ?i full :?tock of materials, ?e., be warrant !
good and satisfactory work to all who may desire
bis services.
Kigefield, S. C., Aug. 1, tf 31
For Sheri?.
The Friends of Capt. A. P. WEST respectful
ly announce him as a Candidate for Sheriff ot
E I gefiel d at the next election.
Nov 7 te* 45
$39* We havo been authorized by the Friendt
of Capt. H. BOULWARE to announco him a
Caadidate for Sheriff of Edgafield District at the
nott election.
Apr 12 te? 16
For Tax Collector. <
The "Many Friands of D. A. J. SELL, Esq.,
respectfully nominate him a* a Candiflate foi
Tax Collector at the next election.
Oct 18 te / 43 .
THE many Friends o? Capt. JAMES MITCH
ELL respectfully nominato him as a Candidate
for TAX COLLECTOR at the next election.
SALUDA.
Dec 6 ta* 50
We have been requested by many friends of
Mr. JOHN A. BARKER to announce him a Can
didate for Tax Collector of Edgeficld District at
fne ensuing election.
Oct 2, te? 4
?St*"* We have been authorized by friends of
Capt. STUART HARRISON to announce bim a
Cnodida.ta.for re-election to thc office of Clerk of
the Court of Common Pleas for this District, at
the next election.
April 9 te 15
^jSJ-We^iave been authorized by th? many
friends of Capt. L. YANCEY DEAN to ao
nonncc him ft Candidate for Clerk of thc Court
of ?Jo :n m on Picas for Edgefield District at the
next election.
Jane 20 - te 27
CARRIAGE MANUFACTORY
EDGBFIELD, &. C.
THE Sa'iseribors respectfully announce th a
'.?nv are now prepared to do all work in thi
COVCH MAKING and REPAIRING BUS1
NH SS that in iy be entrusted to them, in a work
Batalike ru inner,and with neatness and dispatch
We h ivo on flAiid n fuw CA It il I Ali ES a:-t? su
perior BCTGiHBS.of ourown manufacture,wh'rcl
we will sell low.
AH kinds of REPAIRING done promptly aqd
w&'r.va'.ed to give satisfaction.
ZfirAs wojoil ONLY FOR CASH, our pricer
ar unusually reasonable All wc luk is a trial.
SUITE! ?V ?OXES.
Mar 7 tf IC
Ti
HE Undersigned ?ives notice that ho is now
?rcpared to have REPAIRED in % god and
woi-utiii^e manner, WAGONS. CARRIAGES,
BUGGIES, m? o/h?r .Vehicles that may be
brought to bl? Shops, at fair on.d reasonable pri
ces for Cash.
NEW WAGONS, CARTS and BUGGIES wi?
also be put up in the best? ty >e, and on as reason
able terms as can be afforded.
tfayttf EFFICIENT and EXPERIENCED
^TURKMAN io t^r Shops, and. a good supt ly of
.the BEST SEASONED TitfRER, no pains will
.be ?pared to giro entire satisfaction u. Jhose who
may send their work to these Shops.
W. W. ADAMS,
Sept 26 .tf
Beef Oattie Sheep
W&ated.
IWILL pay the highe*t mnrket price/or good
RF.Bi CATTLE and" FAT SHEEP br
LAMBS.
If or*f-ir?rili I. will Barter Com. and Eicon
?Km,? 1 * '
Going to the District School.
Barefoot boy and little girl,
She with rosy cheek and curls, *
His a forehead brown with tan,
Sturdy little larnior man.
Old etrhw hat, with broken rim,
Is tile roast that troubles him, ?"
A? the dinner pail ho swings, i ?
Full of mother's ohoicost things.
Happy little pair are rhfey, "
Chatting blithely onr tho ?ray.
In th? morning fresh and cool,
Going to the district school.
From tho shady fkrnshou?e door
? Mother watches, till no more .
Sao caD follow-out of sight ,
They aro gone, her heart's delight.
Can you See them sitting there,
On tho benches hard and bare, -
Tired feet swinging to and fro,
Conning o'er the lessons low ?
Sitting at the noon of school,
By the gurgling streamlet cnoi,
'Moog the brakesand bending .trees, ,
Bating up the bread and cheese !
" Or. w'iih merry lau.rb'and shout,
Wheo the beys-aud grrls go out,
Bo >ks and pencils east away,
Sec them jump and swing and play.
Hark ? tho fernie on the panto, '
Rap and rap and rap.a;-ain ?
Bushing in with cheeks aglow,
Hf:lj reluctantly they go.
Glide the busy hours away.
Till the warm sun's western ray .
Slants across the open door,
And th*o hojurs of scfiool'aro o'er:
Happy, healthy girl and boy,
. Fall of simple, carclcss.joy,.
F-ee from tyrant fashion's rule,
Going to the district school. '.
In the busy noon nf Hfe,
'Midst Its restless fever strifo, .
As your pathway shall divide,
From tho-rooi'-trce wandering-vide. ?
Memories of the morning houvf,
Sung of birds and ?eent of" fl jwer.r,
Bleat of lambs, and song of rill,
Will come sweetly o'er you still.
And your thoughts cn yearning back,
O'er the simple childhood track,
TVhen the longest road you "-.new
"Was* the one that lcd you io
The school-house, one mile away,
Whore tho birch std rule held sway.
The Three Hunchbacks.
The following amusing and seemingly in
credible narrative was extracted from a late
French publication. It is neatly told, and
will be read with interest:
Three brothers, afc humpbacked, and al!
accurately alike in appearance, lived in Bas
saoom. One of them killed a man in a chance
inec'?y, and rot being taken on the moment,
the prosecutors could only swear which one ol
the brothers had done the deed. Rather than
put an innocent man fo death, the judge let
the guiltv one escape, butto-avoid further
inconvenience of the kiud. he banished all
I from the province. One settled "in Paris, be
I came rich, and married ; the others, after
nearly starving in England, returned and paid
a visit to their fortunate brother.
The master cf tiie house was abroad when
they knocked, and thc poor *yjfe was troub
led more than a little by the visit,
"My husband is very jealous," she said to
j them while the wrs giviigtbem something'
j to ear. u You must go to tte furthest quar
ter of the town, and never come here again ;
but I'll make your brother look to your
wants."
While she was speaking sue beard her hus
band's knock, and cried out :
'.Follow mc, if you value your lives."
She ordered the servant not to open the
door tili she should return, and men convey
ed the brother* down stairs and locked them
in the ceilar. Her h.*-band scolded for be
ing kept out so long, but a good dinner re
stored him to good humor, and at n?gLt he
went out to pay a visit.
The wife then went down to the cellar, and'
there found the two brothers dead, one lying
here and the other there. "What was to bi:
done? She sent for a ttrong Auvergnat,
brought bim-down stairs, showed him ,one
corpse, which she bad previously taken out.
of the cellar, and promised him a louis d'or
on bi? rsturn after having thrown it into the
river Seine*. He made no scruple about
the matter, but .popped the body into tin*
sack, took it to the bridge, and shook it into
the river.
Returning for bis reward, the Wife disputed
his claia, as thc budy was still -iyiny outside J
of the cellar door. Hvre the stupified man i
saw what be firmly believed to be tho corpse I
he bad thrown from the bridge, and resi<jn- I
ing himself to destiny he got it into the sack,
nnd went through the . ceremony for the se
cond time.
Coming back, he was terrified ajad enrag?d
by finding the twice drowned corpse knock
ing at the door.
" Are these your tricks, master ?" said he,
-".Ab, Monsieur Gbcst! Clever as you are, Til
settle you the third trial.''1 <
Sb saying, he forced the poor husband into
the sack, ca;lied bim to the verne spot, and.
efiec:ed the third discharge. This time be rc
turned in triumph; for tho wife, ignorant of
her hes1 atid's fal?', an:l having no more
corpses to remove, paid him twice what sb"
had covenanted, aiidgavehim a glass of wine
into tiie bargain.
u Your good bcil-th, madam,!' said he< "you
are better iban your prontSses, but i earrie:!
.ir. I found the 'inmpbacked rogue, or his
ghost, knoekinj* at the doorafter I had turown,
him in the second time." '
M Ob, wretch ' you have drowned my hus
band," cried thc vornan.
While sile was screamiu?, and be* standing
in amazement, the gend'arme* entered, se- ?
Cored both, and sent them to prison. Next
day they were brotrght before the magistrate j
of the quarter nnd examined. The poor-wife
concealed tithing; t'ie'Auvergiiat was called
en for an explanation, and whil? both were
awaiting sentence of death, the three broth
ers full of life, but with very pale fuces, wera
ushered in the room. Seme fishermen sta- j
twoned near the bridge bad saved tho three
The unmarried men had only been dead drunk
in the cellar, and the submersion, and the-con
st quent pulling and hauling and *jectmeut
of wine and water, had recovered ?bera from \
their drunken lethargy before tho natural j
time. On their first appearance before the
magistrate they could give no explanation of j
their vi?itto th? river, and the husband had
t?o -idea of the cause of his being sebed ; but
his wife's explanation made all clear. ?
The king, hearing of the strange adventure,
settled a pension or. the unmarried men, but
they jvpre not to dwell* within fifty miles of
Paris, and tbe m&rripd man was not jealous
for a year and a day aftci bis seizure and es
cape fro tn the river.
. ?-? -o- ?
WDULDN'T STAND IT.-A good joke is told
us by A friend who was present at the freed
men's celebration in Clayton last week. It
wav* pi'ooosed, before the ' procession . was"
formed, to head lbs column with the-stars and
stripes woud'y whipping* tho ?we*-e, and tail
it with' he ?tars and bars ignobly trailing in
the dust. The proposition was'-'submitted to
one of the most prominent ?nd influential of
L*M ?o'.rred marsbajfi, who', when fte hetord it,
sneered b's in.d^naiion. to get thc. npperhand
ofbim.1 He rieplici'tiiat no Such thing should'
be did tv bar bb wias. -H?Votit unde> de Con
federate ttoff, and if ho c?tch aoy fooi-ni'ggej- j
draggin it along in de dirt he was gwino to :
hortiuBU'UEnanhiNe**. 1
j How aa Old Lady Disposed of I
Fortune. . >
Jfae London correspondent of the B
Ketcs Lstkr .vouches for the truth of th
lowir^?emarkabie narrative:
j " A short time since an old lady, liyi
one of the small streets leading out pf Al
street, Regent's' Park,, close to what was
the Collo8seum,>' enter?d the'shop of
-ra poulterer" in the neighborhood,
purchased a chicken. The tradesman w
tentive-t-oher, as such-people ought t
.and tho lady became a customer, al
coming to Jhe shop and giving her ow
ders. She appeared to be., very old, b
.have all her faculties about her. One S
day evening she calpe when th? poulterer
pCDcd "to be very busy. She said she wi
to speak to him, and be asked he? to
into the little parlor behifid'the shop,'an
would come to her the ' moment "he waa
engaged. . . . .?? . ' .
In the parlor she met the daughter- of
! poulterer, and, after some conversation, ir
i course of which she reii.'arked that the vc
' girl looked ilfaud required change bf air
I produced a. parcel tied up'in paper, and i
j4 Give this to your father, as he is busy
cannot come, ap? I can rut wait.. I wish
I to4ake.you.awsy ihr a little change, and.!
"is something that will enable him..to do
She placed the parcel in the girl's hand,
: icld her to lock it up in a cupboard to wi
?Lo poiuted. Th'e girl did so, and though
more of thc matteV; when", some' hours ?
'fiequcutly, the s5op was- closed, and her f
er came into the parlor lo get hrs*supper,
produced thc parcel ?nd gave the message
i which it was accompanied.- The pou?b
laughed as he untied it ; bot, to his. atm
men*, the parcel was found, to consist of b;
notes and goJd of ?be vajue ofU.lQOO, Tl
was also in it an antique gold watch :
'chain. '
The next day Hr. -- hurried roand to
customer to thank her^ when she desired 1
to take his daughter oui; of town for a
'days, and1 On their return to inform her
?heir arrival. This,-of""course, was done,
day or two after their return she cailcd at
shop of Mr.--, and said she wished 1
to come to her house tb tea, accompanied
his daughter. A's they wer? "about? to lea
after partaking of hw hospitality, she said
Mr.-. I wish you particularly to ?all u\
me to-morrow morning and bring with.3
two respectable persons up-ir? whom you (
rely. _ The next morning .Mr-r- attend
accompanied hy the curate "bf the parish a
? neighbor. The o!J lady 'h'-n saul that 1
. was upward of ninety years of age, and 1
no relative living buta ebusrr, an attorn
who she alleged had not treated her weil, a
by wfiora she said she had 'ost-S^O.GOO.- ?
.>aid she had .-?25 OOO in cot sols sail left,-a
fhat as she felt she would' not live long, a
wes resolved that thc attorney should not {
anything belonging to her, she had ask
Mr.-to attend, with two witnesses, in 1
der that she might transfer to him iori
own absolute use the ;?25.0C7O to which s
had referred. She added that she knew vt
well what she was about, and that by ghi
/him; the money while she was a?Te.insle
of bequeathing it to him at her dca h,
would be saved thc payment of legacy du
to the amount of .C200U. ,
"This announcement fippenrcd to be of
sintrnUr a nature tint the clergyman VP
properly snrrgcs'ed that a solicitor shnnra
suif for. Thcrmaii of law came according!
and ?li? tranyr was daly effected. Tlw? n
lady's presentiment, of approaching d'ssn'iitii
proved to be correct, ns she died a few wet
after makin .o' this singular disposition 0/ h
propcrtv. Tt seems that before her death si
had intended to give the money to a eliemi
1 with whom she used to deal, but'that he TM
''offended her hy some inattention to h
wishes.
The moral.of this story, (of the sunstai
tia! accuracy of wi-ich (here can bo rm d?ul
Whatever) is that -civility c.isfs nothing, ar
.nany sometimes yield a rich reward.
Why Masonry hus Lived so Lo?ig.
Masonry echtends" for tLc absoluteness 1
Truth. The; tendency of the tim's is great!
averse to this ?nddantental principle of n
knowledge, all morality, as well as all relif
ion. Aud Bo'cur fraternity are like the buih
t-rs on tho temple's wad: whilst they wjel
thc irs wei they must also bear the spea
Weare compelled to withstand all those linc
of thought which would depreciate the im
plicit)' aud fixedness of truth. ' The mae
new discoveries o' science have discr?dite
old and long accepted theories. * *;
The result'of all such thought is thc annibrlfl
rjon of that Which is the corner stone of ou
temple. Somewhere there is that which i
invariable, inflexible, and most stable; to be
lieve it is to be faithful-to deny it is to b
irdidol;, to act upon it is to be virtuous-t
depart from it is to become vicious. Thor
is uo uncertainty ia thc teachings of our Ot
der, where this much despised yet sovereigi
truth is ?nshrip?d. B?t t?e !act of ir-s cxis
lenee is all that'I'just now affirm. ?V/hat i
the" testimony of cur antiquity ?' We are no
? banded together simply for the purpose of so
cia.1 recognition and mutual, support WI
bav? ?Sot-ii hori'ed merely unmeaning form
of ritualistic display, which have nothing bu
-.iicir mysterious secrecy to commend them
Think you tl:ct'^ is enthusiasm cuougji.in hu
riianily to continue T?r so many centuries
:.:u:d6t allports of perils and persecutions
such an organization as this, designed only
.jr even chiefly, for .'?elfish ends ? You make
masonry ? far g:*catcr mystery than we claim
by so supposing. And you have a problem
to solve iir the existence of this* confe.-sully
ancientvOrder, which will baffle ail cxperi
euee and negative all knowledge of fickle hu
man nature. Nay, it is the love of.the truth,
the adh'-rencc to the truth, which has constU
tuted Masonry the miracle it is among all the
debris of man's social structures. Here it
stands, just a* glorious as when, in* tho first
temple's time, the widow's son gave the bind
ing word. .But what.is tho meaning of all
symbolism? Thi? is not continued for tho
purpoiC of gratification or amusement. These
tools of our Craft and jewels of our Order,
have very solemn ?leaning. The officers of
the Lodge, from thc-T ihr.at the door to the
Worshipful Masler in the E.ist, are engaged
ia very earnest work. This is no ribrscry for
! child's play or levity. We wear our aprous.
and display our three great and three lesser
lights'with very serious ebds in view. These
are lil! efforts to preach the truth. Each is
-a crystal face of the purest gem. And allaru
occupied in the majifestation of that of which
each symbol tells a part. How comes it, I
ask again, that, after such loug j -urneyiDgs,
and amidst so many adverse influences, this
traditional ritual remains so p'ure, so unal-'
tered ? Other schemes of man's device have
Iud their day, and have risen to'rise no more.
What is the talisman which explains their'
destruction ant] the preservation of this an
i rieat ? Everything in the Lodgo answers,
j Truth-" a divino attribute, * and the ?foun
[ dation of every virtue." For " lo. bo good
nnd true," to buy the truth and sell it not,
"is the first lesson we are taught ia Masonry.
!_S.n.Tyng,Jr. ?_^
?52*7?" To W?^jSpt your hair from coming
out-never let your wif?j eaton you khjsing
the servant girl.
?3TNICE BOY.-"Pid the dentist kiss
you-wtien ho pulled .your tooth", pa"?"
- FATHER-" NO, my sou. Why V'
Ni?sd?ox.~"-Weli,>ho kissed ma, and.she
.^ ??t^ok'.thf?acho all away.} andi think it.
did, for abo laughed all the way home." j
A. Man Beats his. Wife and Child
Death with Stoops,.then Kills Himse
The terrible tragedy that occurred lt;
Thursday in.Perry County, Ind., in .which
man beut his wile and child to d^ath wi
"stones and then shot himself, bas seldom be
surpassed in duil'hjrrdr. About'five yea
'ago the* murderer, Francis J. Smith, of N(
Albany, purchascd^and removed to a farm
?20 acres, near Rome, Perry county, In
In 1865 he married a refugee from Georgi
In.thc latter, part.of the yean his wife ga
?birth to a-xnale child, which almost .from i
first breath became the victim of its fathei
vile and cruel nature. On one cceaMou, aft
beating his wife, he seized the infaut and be
it over a blazing fire until Its cries of anguii
softened even his stony heart. H?3 wife pr
enrpd adjvorce and went tolrve with a broth
in New York. A few months passed ur
Smith's-health began to fail,-a:id fearing tbi
death would soon overtake him he beean
much alarmed, and. according toa subsequei
statement of his wife, wrote to her that
she ever wanted to sec b\tn alive .to haste
ira mediately* to his place of confinement.
She came, but was met very coldly by Smitj
who denied "that he had ever written such
letter as * the above mentioned,' and expresse
the-greatcst aurprrse" at finding her at th
door. She passed from house to house, dra/
?ging throogh a miserable existence-, until la?
Wednesday morning, when she was at tl
residence.of H. Groves, not far distant trot
Rome, contemplating a visit io the trustee c
the township, to obtain shelter for herself an
child, her husband arrived and expresse
his'desire to accompany her to the trustee'
office:" She rcadi'y accepted bis offer arid th
two set off ou the journey, taking the chil
with them. . A-drrzzJing rain set is?, aad un
der pretence of finding..sheller under a larg
tree, .standing twp or. three hundred yard
from tba roadside^ up .to a deep ravine, Spjitl
invited the mother thither, and after ttrriyinj
at the designated' spot, pelted 'the mother*
brains out with lar?e stones, and with on
"blow on thc head of the child "tilted it.
.Many atones Were lying near thc victim?
red with thcir-own -blood. Smith took tb
strings from tbc-shoes of thc-inoiher, tied lie
-feet closely ; ?ud then hor hands over he
breast, laid the child, beside her, covered th'
two with a li','bt shawl-, and then left them
The next day Smith vas at bis brother's
Commodore Smith's, He sat down add wron
a letter and handed it tn his sister-in-law, ant
told her to take it to one of the neighbor":
houses and read it. She refused to go, anc
told bini that she'b?tt not time. He told bei
thatil she did not go ha wroold have to te!
her what wis ki the tetter. He told her thu
he had killed his wife and child,*and that b<
in-tended to kii himself, whereupon he seiz-jt
a loaded gun belonging to his brother, an>:
walked out into the yard and shot- himsel
through the heart. Smith wa* formerly Iron:
New Albany, where .some year-, a^o he killed
a man, and was cleared po the plea of insani
ty. tn his statement of thc cause of the mur
der, he says :
" Her brother thought me and Miry had
bettor get married again, for he was sure thal
wc were both to blame, and so . were. 1
Trnst'^rvd'him'ijT^crhtiglrrm- tiurwme vi'-my
heillh would not aiiow mts to marry if I were
ever so willing to take her, a:;d 1 did nut ex
pect to live three months. Thc next thing I
heard of them, Mary was :v the door. - *
:; - 1 love?! .dary and my boy, theref.T
I killed thom ; and such a horrid way lo kill
any person. PIK* Mary, after-'] had knocked
heron the head with aston'', begged meto
stop, for she would.die at lhai, and .-he wauled
to have soujo talk with me. . 1 did so. J told
Uer I.did not kill-her pr the boy through an
ser, hatred or spite. Ii drjve me mid io see
her and the boy kicked about as they had
been for the la<t three! motif hs. She says,
'God b';ess you,-Frank ; 1 believe you : let me
ki-s you: and I'did time and ngain b-fore
?h-? died. 1 hope that pic ard Mary and my
boy may be buried mar cadi Other. I b';pe
it will be many years hence before ever
another husband and fa%hcr.wilJ lie compelled
by such crushing misery ty do ns I hava done.'"'
-Cincinnati Commercial^ 3:::b.
TERKiiiLfc THAR icm-AT Evrr.ui'nijn, MIS
SISSIPPI.-Oii the evei.ing ol the24tn .Jane, a
Mr. William Johnson went into the house <>f
a man by the name of Woolly. He .had riot
hoe? there long before sorna dispute arose,
which tprruintiie-1 in au. sifiray -in v, hit h
Woolly d'ew a pi-.t?l and .shot! Johnson,
.wounding biui severely, but hot to such an
extent as to render him helpless at tho time.
Johnson cs soon as he was" shot .succeeded in
gening possession bf an axe which w:i^ i;i
the vicinity* and-rushing trpon Woolly, struck
him a terrible blow,' killing him instantly.
Johnson,-who was very murh enraged*abd
probably was hardly conscious of the crime
he was comtuilt og, th':n attached and kille l
Woolly's v. i!e and baby, and .also severely
wounded on-; of his daughter?, vthot however!
it is supposed succeeded iu making her cs
cape'aud giving ihe alarm.
Johnson's wound which hi received at ibo
commencement of tbfi diraei?lfy, js of a very
serions' character, anet he is bul expected to
recover. - - . . '. .
X-U?KOW -ESCAPE OF INXOCEX.T MEN FROM
BEIM; HC.N?;. vx^CiKC?MsTA.VTi^i. EVIDENCE.
-A letW to thc Wacj? Rcyisler, d?jted Ste
phcnsviile, Texas, May 2lst, Lives thc follow
ing account of the narrow e&apo of innocent
men from death at thc hands of military
commission, for the eifppriftvt murder of a
freedman": . . .
.-This .week three citizens cf Limestone
county, accompanied by a United Slates ofii
ter, came imo .this emily io search of a freed
man namcd.AU?n, formerly thc slave of .Mr.
W-, near Cotton Gin. They found ihc
negro, and a happier meeting seldom occurs.
The circumstances, as I learn Chem, are about
as follows: Immediately upon the cloie of the
war. Allen left his old master for parts un
known. 'Ibero wus a bittor feud between Mr.
W-aud so tn a of his friends on one side,
and a number of men on tlio. other, grpwing
out of political questions, Shortly after Al
len's disappearance, the body pf a negro man,
weich was supposed to bb Alien'.?, and bear
ing marks ?T having been nuiniererl, was
found near'Mr. \7-L's plantation. This
carcass was taken by the enemies ol' Mr.
? W-: and kept -until about two weeks ago,
when Mr. W-and niue ott ers were ar
rested, for thc murder of the aforesaid Allen.
They were brought before a military commis
?"on- the skeleton was produced and identi
fied as that of All-u, nod witnesses were
sworn who testified that. Mr. W-and his
friends had murdered him. They were all
sentenced to bc banged within a certain time
if they did not procure the veritable living .
Allen. Knowing their innocence, they have :
searched unremittingly ever since, and by I
what appears the merest accident they found.j
him three days .ago.al Mr. Perry's in ibis j
county, alive, and doiug wei'. .-Thu lives of j
these men depended upon their success in thc
ijeurphj p,nd' you can imagine their feelings
when they found Allen weil and able to ac
company them back fo Limestone county, to
prdvtMheir innocence.
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EUROPE GIVES DP, MEXICO.-Tho London
Times, after gravelj reviewing the status of
Mexico, comes to the conclusion that " the
Mexicans must settle their own affairs, or, at
any fate, muit get tsiistunce'fiom their own |
sile of thc ""Atlantic.'' The' Times pretty ,
frankly admits "flint ibS? is not erVfirely vol- 1
urta'ry When it says " the'U?ited States' have
forbidden tlK!Tivmzin? h/reneies of a foreign'
power" on-Mcxfco.-r Ibo ?Tima; speaks, truly
when it says thatiEurope -would have-given
Mexico " an organized Government, though
_ jj_i_ -
ander monarchical institutions." The Un
'ted States forbade this, and now Mexico ba
practically, no Government. .The Icgic
deduction from thia conduct is that our Go
eminent is bound to give Mexico protectic
against anarchy and ruin, *'
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i Humorous Gntherfngs.'
JOST An.abbreviation, not found in book
i?ioJbc tpund on a tomb-stone in Dunkirl
t The mourners intended to put an old aunt t
sleep, with thc customary phrase, "lethe
rest in peace," but the space on the atone ^av
cut at the close of thc word ' her".' The read
witteM sculptor, however, inserted the initial!
and 'now thc dear old lady sleeps boneat
the laconic, but inclcgant?epitaph. "Let he
rip.'*
?S* " What aro you doing there Jane 1
"Wily, pa, I'm going to dye doll's dress red.
"But what have you got to dye it with?
? Beer." " Who on earth told you that bee
wotdddye it red?" - "Why, ma said it wa
beerthat made vour nose look so red, and
thought-" " Here, Susan, take this child."
JS5T A lady asked a gentleman the othe
day why so many tall gentlemen were bache
lors ? The reply was that they were obliget
to lie. crosswise in bed to keep their feet in
and that a wife would be in the way.
JJ*?" A schoolmaster in one of the neigh
boring towns, while on his morning wall
passoji by the door of a neighbor who wa:
excavating a log for a.pig trough. " YVhy,'
said the schoolmaster. "Mr.-have yoi
not furniture yet.?" " Yes," said the man
" enough for my own family, but Iexpect tc
board the schoolmaster this winter, and arr
making preparations."
/?2ir " Gcortre, do you remember the storj
of David and Goliah?!'
" Yet, sir ; David was a tavern-keeper and
Goliah was an intemperate man."
" Wb told you that?"
" Nobody ; I read it, and it said that David
fixe? a ding for Goliah and Goliah got slewed
with ic'
A savan connected with thc Garden
of Plants in Paris has carried three billiard
balls constantly in his bosom for thc past
seven nontbs wrapped up in a flannel waist
coat, supposing that they were crocodile eggs,
and tint they would hatch by the process.
jfrjjf A colored clergyman, in a prayer
meetriir in Virginia, while engaged in suppli
cition i few weeks since, after praying for tue
divine blcssim? upon tho Governor of that
State-md ail others in authority ther*1, con
tinued: " And U Lord-? Lor?-O Lord, il
it will not. exhaust thy compassion, have mer
cy upin Andrew Jo.'inson"'
CST" We never heard of but one old wo
man vim " ki-sed a cow," but we've seen ma
nj a jrelty girl kiss a good sized calf.
JfjlS** A man's wife in South Bend, Ohio
presetted her husband with a very fine boy.
>ieXtmornin<; the man stepped into tho May
er ? u??e and .-tated that the night previous,
afeli'W cain-j- skulking into Irs bouae stark
uakei : thai he wa? there yet. Three polic?
meuat once started ou the run to oust the
mlSSuer?' "YSVern hey-grit TO *lBiS house/they
asktl tos-e ibefriluw ?hat bad come.in there
theuiu'ht he-fore. Tiifiiy brought out tue baby.
Thepoliccmon suddenly disappeared, and it
is sippo.Mrd luve had to stand a good many
extu treats since.
f?y*T jo Gnon TO CE LOST.- The Ignited
Stars Internal Revenue Detectives arc bete
Iron Washington, on a tuur of investigation.
Troy have had a good many of our Iquor
mci before thom, examining into their affairs,
an? aui'.-iig them our friend Captain Morris
Hobson, ot the steamer "Nellie Jenkins."
Che of thc principal d actives asked Capt..
liibson it' hu had nut boen bringing a good
inrti}' barrels marked " whiskey1' lo Rich
m'lid 0:1 his boar,.
rte Captain replied by asking the officers
if thc (act of the barrels being m irked " whis
k.-r"' necessarily made Jiie-c-mietits whiskey.
io which he replied, " M'>st-nssurcdly sir."
Then remarked Captain Hobson, H Well,
no*', Mr. Officer, an.-wtr mc one thing: If 1
wjiK U> take, a piece of chalk ami mai lc on
your back, 'd-d jack-ass,' would that
mike you one?-'
The officer in question was sold, m d tLo
rest ol ike frowd enjoyed his discomfiture
bluely. The Captain WHS discharged with
out further question.-Rici.mond Examiner.
f-gr" A darkey preacher was telling hew
A-am was the first man created, and se~^ up
agiinst the fence to dry. Au older brother,
?rho foim'tiuiea had ?acid ideas, interrupted'
bita and said., " D' dat is, true, who made de
it5i.ee?" Pass round do gasser,
S@"A LITTI.T: MORE CmEn.-A yot.;,g
lady, and a Good Tttuplar in a California
UiVu entered into a lively discussion in the
loo'gu of which she was a member, on the
sulijoct ot' cider drinking. She was very tond
of MA'c?t cider, and on 00 account, V"a.ld she
bc pursuaded lo shun it. Addressing ?rn anti
cider dri::ker4 ??he said \ <. I love cider; it isa
necessity with me : 1 must have it-I wiil
have it. If this iodge decides wa must not
drink it, I shall e t apples and then gel some
g.pod looking fellow to 'squeeze' me-for I
tell you I cau't live without cider."
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AN ITEM WHICH EVERY MAN SHOULD
RE?D)-We have probably all oF^s met with
instances in which a' word heediw-.ly spoken
?gains thc reputation of a female has been
magnified by malicious minds until the cloud
balbeen dark enough io overshadow. ber
whole existence. To. those who are accus
tomed, not. necessarily from bad motives, but
from thoughtlessness-to speak lightly of la
dies, we recommend these " hints' as^worthy
of consideration :
Never usc a lacy's name in an improper
place, at an improper time,.or in mixed com
pany- Never make assertions about her that
you think untrue, or allusions that you feel
she herself would blush to bear, When you
meet with men who do not scruple ty? make
u.it' bf a woman's nama in a reckless and un
principled manner, shun them, for they are
the very worst members of tho community
men lost to every senso of honor, every tool
ing of humanity. Mary a good and worthy
woman's character ba? been forever ruined
and heart broken; by a lie mann lac lu red by
some villain, and repeated where it should
.no 'lave been, and in the presence of those
whose liltle judgment could not .deter them
froto circulating thc foul and bragging report.
A slander'is soon propagated, and the small
est thing derogatory'to a moma'i's character
will fly on the wings of tho wind, and magni
fy as it circulates until its monstrous weight
crushes the poor unconscious vtetiin". Res
pect the name of woman; your mother and
si-ters aro women, and as yon would have
their fair name untarnished, and their livea
unembittered by thc slanderer's bitter tongue,
heed the ill that your own words may bring
upon the mother, the Bister or tho wife of
some fellow creature.
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THE LONDON TIMES.-The London Times,
the great representative of pppular opinion
in Great Britain, has a leader on the release
of Jeff; Davis! Th? gist of the article is
embraced in the following short extract:
'. With tho release of Jeff.-rson Davis it
may bo said that the inst scene of the grea,t
civil way in America has come to an end.
It is a dorthy cloce of a great contest, and
an act of moderation of which the people
inay he proud, '. and of which they are likely
to receive the benefit in t Le .subsidence of,
angry' payions, and the. restoration, or rather
the Creation, o? a national feeling pervading
the en tir? Union." '
Gerrit Smith.
This gentleman has written a noble article,
over his own signature, defending his appear
ance on the bail-bond of Jefferson Davis and
combating the idea that treason mnst be
charged against the South, after surrender.
Mr. Smith was a decided Abolitionist up to
the emancipation of Southern slaves. His
antagonism ceased at that point, but it has
gone beyond bim to the Anti-slavery Society
which now proposes to abolish the negro. As
an honest fanatic, Mr. Smith is entitled to a
hearing, and had his countrymen one-half the
generosity he manifests, the problem of re
construction would*no longer prove vexatious
and uncompromising. Alluding to the harsh
and perfidious conduct of his section, Mr.
Smith says :
The simple truth is, that we made a bargain
With the South, hewever we may now be
tempted to deny it cr to break it. Our Gen
erals, in the terms of the surrender of the
Southern armies, recognized this bargain
this- bargain that we should treat each other,
not as traitors under constitutional law, but
as belligerents under the law of war. The
Supreme Court of the United Stales unani
mously held that this was the bargain. Alas 1
the ineffable meanness, the revolting infamy
of our breaking this bargain now, when wo
have it in our power to break it I Alas, what
a poor use is this to which to put the power
of victory ! How it dims the glory and re
duces tho value of victory! The shame of
defeat is as nothing, compared with thc shame
of ahusing the power of success. The hold
ing of Juarez or some other Mexican chief
for treason, in case wc should conquer Mexi
co, would be a no more gross, a no more im
moral breach of (sith, than is our holding
Jefferson Davin for it. No wonder that the
enlightened and sensitive jnen of the South
are stung to the quick by our perfidy. We
may not recover so far from our passion and
prejudice as to be ashamed of this perfidy,
bur" our chirdren will be ashamed of it. Who
doubts, for even ono moment, that the North,
had she been conquered in tm's war, would
have claimed at thu hand of the conqueror
the hum?nitica of ;he .law of war-ot" that
law which knows no treason. Are we doing
as we woulJ be doue by? I said the law of
war knows no treason. I add that treason
ceases just when and where tho acknowledg
ment of belligerent rights begins. Reason
teaches this. Humanity teaches this. The
political liberalists of Europe beseech ns to
believe this. They tell u? that they mean to
undertake, from ti.we to time, to'overturn.
their despotic and oppressive governments,
and that nothing could be worse for them
than when, now and then, they shall be con
quered, to have it in the power of the con
queror to plead the example of libera"! Ameri
ca for charging them with treason. '
Mr. Smith counsels mildness and argues
against further exactions. Ile points out the
only true path to reconciliation and peace
thus :
'' A sad mistake is it in thc present con
quering party in Mexico to hold the contrary
of this doctrine. It is argued that such pun
ishments will warn aud intimidate, and.thus
serve to prevent wars. But a sounder phi""
losophy teaches thu they will exasperate and
brutalize, and thus tend to muitiply wars.
The following of tho present Mexican war
with, bloodshed will hu}p to keep Mexico a
land of frequent and almcst incessant wars.
On the othi-r hand, the closing of it in the
spirit ol forgiveness would soften thc nation's
heart, and prepare it to receive tho seed of
that higher civilization among whose fruits
are the enduring peace aud established order,
for the lack of which Mexico, though so fa
vored by nature, is slill'so unprosporous and
unhappy. There is but one lcgitimnte, and
indeed, bat One peaceful way, lo prevent civil
wara, a d th:it is justice on thc part of gov
eminent. Hud our Government been just,
-ever just, entirely just, ins-ead of being ever
u\Jlayrant oppressor nf thc poof-thia horrid
war leonid not hate been."
Ho shows that an investment. in-Southern
heart is worth all thc Russia* and their pos
sessions. He condemns thc principles of con
fiscation and.urges the gi cutest charity. Ou
this subject he say-s :
? " In tuc next place, the North must hasten
to put an end to these tl?reats ol' confiscation.
Congress ought to say, without one dissenting
'?..ice, and at tbs earliest da}', that there
should be no confiscation. The disfranchise
ment I have jusl referred to is galling, and,
as the masses, believe, insulting to its subjects.
Eut these th.-eats, paralyzing the industry of
the South, and making even her bread uncer
tain, are infinitely less bearable. They are
fatally in the way of her material prosperity.
With the cloud they bring upon hor titles she
can neither sell har lands nor borrow upon
them. What cau?d be a more trying disabili
ty lo. an agricultural people who ate des-i lute
of rooney ?'# That strong and patriotic man;
Thaddeus Stevens, Would have certain losses
ot I?-yal men repaired. I would myself be
glad to fcee a liberal percentage paid upon
them. He would provide the means out of
confiscation, and at thc expense of the Sout h ;
1 say out of the Natiooal Treasury, and at
tlie expense of thc nation. There are three
things which, in Urging confiscation, Mr.
Sievern seems to forget. 1. That the North,
as well as "the South, was guilty ' of the war.
2. That while the North is still very rich, the
South, exhaustid*by ibat'war, for which the
North, in common with* herself; wes respon
sible, is exceedingly p?or. 3. That confisca
tion once entered upon, it wifl be difficult, if
not impossible, to set limits to the spread of
ils demoralizing power. The'epirit of lawless
greed engendered by confiscation will no
more stop at State or other lines than will the
flames of a prairie-fire ak the word of com
mand. Let there be confiscation in the South
for the benefit bf these, Mr. Stevens' loyal
losers, and also for the benefit of the poor
blacks, as he also proposes, and very soon,
. under its debauching influence, immense
uumbers" at tho North will be clamoring, in
the name of " Agrarianism," "Equalization,",
and other inking names, for their neighbors'
possessions. And these rich possessions, it
must be remembered, will kindle the spirit of
robbery, as can none of the poor possessions
of the desolated South. These four require
ments responded to,these four conditions of
''"reconstruction" enacted, and no others ex
acted, peace between the North and South
will be ?ure to follow. But to 'make this peace
morn speedy and more cordial in t-ther words,
to effect with the least delay an enduring
heart union between the North, and Sooth
there must bo one thing more. Our Govern
ment is getting in the way of buying territo
ry. There is a purchase it can make which
would be immeasurably more important and
profitable than tho purchase of any territory.
Let it buy the Southern heart, worth moro
to us tl!ad a thousand Alaskas, nay, than all
Russia. Th re is one way,and only one way,
by which it pan .be boujjht, and rhat is by
pr vinjr to the South that the North loves
her-that the North has a heart to give in
exchange for her heart."
It is related of Mirabeau that, having started
the ball of revolution in France, he was.
shocked at its impetuous course and alcove to
stay it. But vam were \yorda. of, eloquence
and admonitory checks. Tho resolution rushed
over tho thrones of Kings and the lives of
thousands/until it .?pent its force upon the
creation ef Robespierre. Mr. Smith helped
start the ball of anarchy in America .by his
John Brown raid. His piteous pleadings are
as barron as the East wind to the ears of tho
North. . Stevens, Sheridan and Butler are the
monsters springing from his misguided zeal.
One is a Robespierre without contempt of
riches ; another, Danton without his genius ; '
the-?hird, Marat without his rags. It u
lato for pious thoughts aud genero is adj
tions. The creatures of wratli live by wi
and by wrath will they be anumilah-fh-(
stitutionalist.
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An Interview with Gen. Lee.
A correspondent of the New fork Ti
gives the following account of a visit to C
Lee:
. The residence of the chieftain of the ai
of Northern Virginia, stands on Oo/lege I
and is a modest brick dwelling with w!
wooden, pillars in front, placed amid a prc
garden shaded by some, fine trees and a la
solitary weeping willow. The house is ?
rounded by a high fern hedge that lend;
somewhat the air of- aristocratic seclusi
Although it was no later than niue in
morning, .Gea. Lee bad already gene lo
office in the college, which is bul a stoi
throw removed. Here was a table piled
with papers, and c-liege catalogues and t
books ; but no, reminiscence of war was v
ble, no sword or spur or insignia.
Whatever met the. eye was entirely acade
ic, not in thc least military. And seated
the table was a handsome looking g mtlem;
dressed in a uniform suit of peppe>and-s
color-a very portly, well-preserved gent
man of some four and fifty, with a bron2
complexion, a noble-modeled nose, comp?
head, gray hair, and beard of the aime col
closely cropped-who rose to shake bands
a tourtly, gracious manner. It Warr the m
who wielded the thunders of Chancellorsvi
and the Chickahoraisy-it was President L<
I may say that, with his friends, be nev
recurs to the subject of the war ; ror did
to me express any opinion on political mi
ters. 1 understand, however, from '.hese w!
are in intimate,daily-converse with him, tl
he is. strongly In Favor of the people of 1
State, and of tho South, " coming right t
frankly accepting the situation, and earnest
pursuing the work of reconstruction." Pi
sonally, he is at present in the-llush of heall
He frequently rides out ; and the cleare
image I have been able to form of aim in tl
war like mood came to me this aft?rcoo
when, with high-top boots and leathon gaurj
lets, he rode "out on the same gray horse th
used to bear him in the stress of battle. E
is greatly beloved by the people fix1 his mo*
esty, gentleness and g?odnesfi, and is a pn
digious favorite with children. If ye
should see him as bc moves about a mong us
said one of the people of the town to m<
" and the unaffected kindness and simplicit
of his life, you might fancy what he would t
rn greatness."
1 think he is far from happy. And yet h
fame as a soldier, though not first class,
very sound and complete, so that now, awa
from the field of war, and buri'td here i
quiet academic life, among tbes>; seclude
hill?, it deems as though be had pissed awt
from earth. He is all that is left to Virgini
magna mater virum, out of thc wreck of
revolution. Is it, then, wonderful that Vi
ginians almost adore him ? ,
I stood this evening, in the light of tho d
scending sun, at the grave of one of a difll
ent type-at thc grave of Jackson-" in Le
ington, iu the Yal ley of Virginia ;" and he
be lies, in the quiet village cbure-b-yard.
simple slab is at the head, with only tin' nam
" Gen. Thomas J. Jackson," and it his feet
stone with tho initials, "T.. J. J.'' A garlar
of flowers lay on thc grave, and in my hea;
I could feel no other emotion than one of tel
der interest in such proofs of atxention.
Speaking of Jackson the same corrcspoi
dent says :
Certainly hs was an extraordinary man
and standing by his grave- tili? eveniug
seemed to realize that there lav below, th
only man who could have conducted tho wa
to a successful issue on tk?part or the Soatl
A PLEASANT PROSPECT ron nra RADICAL;
-A correspondent of tbevlnff ?Slavery Slai\?
ard, writing from Virginia with an .cviden
understanding of thc party maeiriuery arnon <
the negroes, gives the Republican party faj
warning of what is ih reserve for hem. Tb
negro vote, he says, wili decide tte Presider:
liai election. The negroes understand thi
perfectly and are laying their plans in accor
danes with it. " There are several negroes,1
says the writer, " fitted for the position o
Vice-President, and that race cir im that tin
second office in the nation shall ne filled bi
a negro." The correspondait fu:ly indorse:
their claim and wishes it distinctly under
stood that it must be conceded cr the negri
vote will be cast against the Republican par
ty. The party, he says, date not refuse it. a
its defeat, without the nr-gro vote and tin
v?.te of Northern men who will back theil
claim, is certain. What will Senator Wade
do in this contingency? He has, pledge?
himself to "keep ahead" of the people on ail
questions of Rudigalism, and here U one whid:
demands his immediate attention. Then
aie-negroes who, we are satisfied, would pre
?ide over the Senate with quite as much dig
n i ty, intelligence and grace as S mator Warlt
himself does-but will he think so? Per
haps be can get the negroes to postpone
this question until that of tho " redistribu
tion of- property" is settled,-New York
Times.
BCLL FIGHTING IX FRANCE.-The pictu
resque and exciting, but horrible cruelty of
tbe'bull ring, seems to be creeping northwards
in the dominions of bis Majesty the Emperor
Napoleon. A bu.l fight is reported CD have
taken place at Aries, Bouchcs-du-Rhone. The
attack on thc first three animals passed oil
without anything remarkable ; t ut ttie fourth
showed an ardor and fury which disconcerted
the assailants. The chest of on 3 of them wts
pierced by the horn of the en riged brute,
and he was taken to the hospital. Another
man, was seriously, hurt, and a third was
kuri ed into the air to a beigbt of five or six
yards, caught on the bull's horns .and ag iin
Hung ap. He was rescued by those present,
and fortunately escaped with only slight
bruises. About ten thousand persons wit
nessed tho fight; so that tho "function" was,
in ad its bloody accessories and in its popu
larity, a Success. Aries is a so ithern town,
with a grand old Roman ampi i theatre, and
the people have that languid y passionate,
blood wt ich takes pleasure iu such exhibitions.
Rut Lyons and Paris will copy the example
of Aries unless tho Emperor shall arrest the
pernicious importation into'France of a cus
tom which is the delight and the disgrace of
the Spanish people.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN HIS TOMB.-A gen
tleman who recently visited the tomb of Lin
coln, says :
*' It is not quite tv?o years sirce I visited
here before, yet how ch&nged thc scene. Then
Lincoln^ praises were on everybody's .lips ;
his virtues every one seemed to extel ; in.
front of tho vnult in* which ray. his remains, '
an armed sentinel stood guard day and night,
the- vault inside was strewn with flowers,
brought there every day by ladies from the
city. But no word of praise is now beard,
his virtues are forgotten, the tramp of the
sentinel is beard no more; no flowers are
scattered over bis tomb ; not one even slan
ted there. During the half hoar that I sat
on the bill above the tomb, not one came to
visit it, although there were, perhaps five
hundred people around the grounds and in
the park adjoining. In a word, there is noth
ing io remind the visitor of :nho it is that
sleeps within the tomb, except the simple
word 4 Lfoc?ln' CQt 0Q the stoue foo* iQ large
letters." '
Somebody, who writus more trath
fuUy .tuan poetically, says : 'i^Ar, ang^lwithbnt
motley is not thought so much of now-a-davs
as a devil with a bale of green backs."
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Sheridan's Letter to General Grant.
Tho Washington National Intelligencer of
the 25 th, refers to this letter as telegraphed
to the New York Herald, and says :
" If it were not incredible that a military
officer who had won distinction in the field
could have written a disp itch so full of dis
respect to his superior officer, and at the esme
time have been guilty of ipermitting its pub-?
location, in advance of itu reception by the
?officer to whom it ia- addressed, we should
unhesitatingly pronounce, it a forgery. For
the credit of General Sheridan we hope that
it may prove to be a forgery from beginning
to end ; for, if it is genuine, he has surely
forgotten or wantonly disregarded the first
duty of a soldier-obedience and respect to
a superior officer."
It is now known that the letter in question
was authentic, and the further remarks of the
National Intelligence? probably point out the
course thai the President will, and indeed
ought to, take :
Any soldier, however high or humble, who
refuses to' execute the order of a superior,
however respectfully, subjects himself to a
court martial for disobedience. In, tbis in
stance, General Sheridan has manifested un
questionable disrespect to a superior officer.
1st. Hs has been disrespectful to the War
(Department, through which the order was
transmitted.
2d.' He is disrespectful Ko General Grant.
3d. He is disrespectful and insubordinate
to the President of the United States-the
Commander-in-Chief of the- military and na
val forces of tho United States."
* * * *' *
It matters not what Clay have been the
President's opinions of the measure in ques
tion before it became a law, any more than
it does to a Lieutenant e nder General Sheri
dan's command what may have been the Gen
eral's opinions of any order before it was is
sued. It is not the place nor the privilege of
General Sheridan to set himself up as tlie
judge of his superior offher, and to counter
mand his orders becau.se he differs in opipion
about them. This is the very essence of in
subordination, and unless it is cured now
there will no longer be any like subordina
tion in the army of the United States. Any
private soldier may, willi the same right,
say : I differ in opinion with my'superior
officer, and will not obey him, but go before
the country with? a letter addressed to par
tisan passions, and bid defiance to army dis
cipline.
Even the most furious of thc Congression
al Radical cabal dare nut sustain this insub
ordination, for by that ?.?t they will at once
and for ali time utterly destroy all discipline
in the army, and convect it into a simple
armed mob, in which etrery private soldier
will bo entitled to obey or.disobey an,order
given him, as his own opinions or caprices
:ray dictate. . ' . . '
The Expenses oi'. teconstruction.
The following letter from General Sickles
shows that this peactable military recon
struction is likely to pr ?vc an expensive bu
siness ;
HlADOtfARTEBS, ' ^
SECOND MILITARY DISTRICT, [?
CHARLESTON. S. G., June 18, IS6Z. )
Honorable Henry Wilson, Chief Military
Committee., United ii'ates Senate: r
MY DEAR SIR: lt is probaWe, in .yi??w of
existing circumstance.', that Congress will
convene in July. Jt u\ proper, therefore, 1
should inform- you iba-, the appropriai ?un <>l"
5500,000 to execute thit Reconstruction nels
is altogether inadequate. Iain in lorn ed that
my estimates 1'or ApriNtnd May are less than
those of other District Commanderai Indeed,
the whole sum was more ?han absorbed by
the estimatif for May. For thc Carolinas at
least. $500,000 will be required.^
I have applied tn thoNayy and Treasury
Departments for certain facilities, which, in
view of tte small appropriation, I presumed
would be prantedjbut my requests have not
been favorably considered. I understand that
thc Secretary of the Navy assigned as his
reason that no aid must ko expected from
that Department in thu execution of theJio
, const ruction acts of Congress. Thc Secreta
ry of thc Treasury expressed his elesire to do
all he could, bnt did not fed at liberty to
.make any disbursements for objects not pre
cisely within the jurisdiction ,cJ his Depart
ment. It is usual, I believe, when thc ap
propriation for au object authorized by . Con
gress is insufficient, to make the necessary
expenditures and trust toa "deficiency bill
but ia thc ex?cution cf these acts this course
will be impracticable, inasmuch as the prin
cipal disbuisements-aie.for the services of
persons who depend upon their pay fur sup
port. I have the honor to suggest ibr your
consideration, and of your colleagues a* well,
that thc interests o? tile public service re
quire, without delay, a furber appropriation
to execute thc acts of Congress for the gov
ernment of the rebel Slates. .
Very-respectfully, <. '
D. E^SI?KL?S,
Major-General Commandiiig.
Fjree- Farms.
Our readers ate aware that the last Con
gress passed- a hi'mc&tead law, appropriating
Government lands in the Sduthern States,
that might be " entered" by actual settlers.
In North Alabama, the Government owns a
large quantity of la*::d in the coal andtniuentl
regions, *and we leam from the Huntsville
Advocate, that the Land Office in thai city is
doing a large business. In tho months of
April and May, 545 farms' were entered.
What is a matter of surprise to us is, that
out of this large number of entries' only eight
have been made by freedmen. There' are
still some of lite richest bottom lands of the
Black Warrior and Coosa Rivers remaining
unsettled, and subject to. entry. There ii no
doubt but that the homestead law was gassed
for the peculiar benefit of the freedmen, and
it is extraordinary that, while claiming other
rights and-privileges conferred upon them by.
the legislation of Conjur?es, they do not avail
themselves of this truiiy valuable boon, which
would secure to them permanent and comfor
table hom? J, with lands sufficient to secure
them an independent support, aad a compe
tency for themselves' and families. Would it
not he well lor some of them to take this .
matter into consideration, and investigate the
facilities for availing themselves of thc privi
leges accorded io them.-Phoenix.
Street Rai 1 ways---Importa ni Df-r i sion.
The driver of, one of the street^ cars in
Nashville was arraigned recently in ono of
the courts of Ibat city for assault and battery
committed jn ejecting a negro from his'car.
The defence r?lied'on the fact,'which was
proven, that the com pany run a car on'their
toad for the special accommodation of color
ed people, which was so designated by an ap
propriate-sign, and that the car in Which the,
plaintiff attempted to ride was for white peo-*
pie alone. ' v
The court held that ? the company had a
right to designate certain cars for white per
sons and certain cars for colored people;? but
that, to avail themselves of thia privilege it
was w their duty to have placed on their cars,
in some conspicuous place, a- notice1 that the
car was for white people ; thereby notifying
all persons of the fact."
Ic such a car thus appropriately marked
for white people alene,- thc court held' that
negroes ?ad no right to enter OF ride.
ty A young freedman named Frank Smith
hag -applied to tho Secretary of War for. a cadet
ship a\ West Point, fxom the First Congressional
Dis Wet of Sooth Carolina.